What is the average commute in Monroe city, Washington?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Monroe city, Washington work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 20.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · WA · GEOID 53466852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Monroe, Washington

Name: Commute estimates for Monroe city, Washington
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 20.4% worked from home, 68.2% drove alone, and 15.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±3.7 min MOE

Worked from home20.4%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone68.2%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.5%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Monroe city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +9.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute31.3 min → 31.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.1% → 20.4%▲ 9.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.2% → 0.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.2% → 68.2%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Monroe city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.2%; 0.8% used public transit and 20.4% worked from home.

Drive alone68.2% ±3.5 pp

Carpool7.9% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.9% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp

Work from home20.4% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 8,961 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Monroe city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Monroe city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,961 workers age 16+, including 7,133 workers with reported travel time and 1,828 home workers.

Population estimate19,755± 43 MOE

Workers age 16+8,961± 482 MOE

Workers with travel time7,133± 502 MOE

Estimated home workers1,828± 334 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Washington commute records for Monroe city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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